ABSTRACT

Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners focuses on educational programming offered in nontraditional, publicly approved, and private settings, with important details about how to serve high-ability learners in specialized schools and deliver schoolwide educational change. Each chapter offers a differentiated resource for educators who are interested in designing and implementing programs in specialized school settings by providing a discussion of the critical components for inclusion in a carefully planned, coherent, and quality-minded K-12 curricular sequence. This book delivers a comprehensive discussion with recommendations for the learning experiences of high-talent students in specialized schools and alternatively approved educational programs. Through relevant research and practical applications, this compendium will help in developing high levels of talent among the next generation of competent critical thinkers.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

part I|81 pages

Foundational Theories and Research Among Specialized Schools

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Charting a Specialized Course in Education

Public, Private, Magnet, and Charter Schools

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

Curriculum and Instruction for Specialized Schools for the Gifted

The Way Forward in Talent Development

chapter Chapter 6|15 pages

The Whole Gifted Child

Serving Learners in Specialized Schools

part II|101 pages

Best Practices for Specialized School Operations

chapter Chapter 7|12 pages

Telling Their Stories

Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners

chapter Chapter 8|15 pages

Considerations for Planning, Funding, and Operating Specialized Schools

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky

chapter Chapter 10|13 pages

Specialized Second Language Academies

Optimizing Advancement for Gifted Learners

chapter Chapter 11|16 pages

Young Learners and Specialized Preschools in Practice

A Song for Everything

chapter |3 pages

Conclusion